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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1979
Fred C Bolick, Jr, Atlanta, GA (US);
Lanier Business Products, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A cassette, apparatus, and method for obtaining selected segments of magnetic tape for storage or other purposes from a length of magnetic tape upon which information is recorded by a conventional cassette recorder. The cassette has means for removing a take-up reel and a selected segment of the magnetic tape attached to the take-up reel from the casette while at the same time retaining the supply reel in operational position within the cassette. The apparatus includes means for positioning a second take-up reel relative to the cassette; tape positioning means for positioning a selected segment of the tape in a clamping position between the second take-up reel and a finger extending from the take-up reel, and means for clamping the segment of tape to the second take-up reel. The method comprises steps of removing a take-up reel and an attached selected segment of magnetic tape from a cassette with a leader segment between the selected segment of the magnetic tape and a remaining segment of the magnetic tape attached to the supply reel, securing a new take-up reel to the leader segment of the magnetic tape, severing the selected segment of tape, and placing the new take-up reel and leader segment in operative position within the cassette.